Kung Fu Conditioning

I’ve had a couple of Kung Fu students ask me questions about back injuries and posture issues lately. This means probably dozens of students are thinking about these things but haven’t asked.
The answer I’d like to give is “do CrossFit”. I love CrossFit for lots of reasons but the primary reason is that it makes me less injury prone when I do martial arts. However, I understand that not everyone has the interest or time to do CrossFit. So, the video contains my second favorite answer: “do 5 sets of 5 deadlifts and shoulder presses twice a week for three months”.
See the video for more details. And if you start doing this, either send me videos so I can check your form or do some reps at the school and have me watch you.
Yes, it is true that doing martial arts will make you stronger and hopefully less injury prone as well. However, a little bit of strength and conditioning work can go a long way toward filling in the gaps.